Trump demands Microsoft fire Lisa Monaco

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President Donald Trump is demanding that Microsoft fire former Biden Justice Department official Lisa Monaco, who Trump has previously blamed for federal investigations into his mishandling of classified documents and alleged election interference, furthering his retribution campaign against his former antagonists.

Trump urged the software giant to remove Monaco, who it recently appointed as its president of global affairs, and argued her tenure as former deputy Attorney General and connections to investigations he views as illegitimate discredit her.

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Trump has repeatedly singled out Monaco in the past for DOJ investigations into his conduct. Monaco oversaw the direction of the Trump probes into alleged election interference and mishandling of classified documents along with former Attorney General Merrick Garland. In March, Trump rescinded her security clearance along with a handful of his other political adversaries, including former President Joe Biden and former Vice President Kamala Harris.

The move to pressure Microsoft to fire Monaco continues his mission to punish those who he viewed as seeking to undermine him. Trump celebrated DOJ’s indictment on Thursday of former FBI director James Comey, a longtime nemesis of Trump who launched the investigation into alleged collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia ahead of the 2016 election.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/26/trump-microsoft-lisa-monaco-00583363

[Norbert]

1. Fuck off Krasnov.

[Klarkashton]

2. Crazy old man yells "get off my lawn" to the clouds.

And then some.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

3. Government control of business operations is the definition of fascism. . . . nt

[LetMyPeopleVote]

4. MaddowBlog-Trump presses Microsoft to 'immediately terminate' Biden administration veteran

For the third time in three months, the president has pushed a private-sector giant to fire someone he disliked. The Lisa Monaco example is the most serious.

Trump pretends he is also CEO of Microsoft - orders company to fire Biden administration staffer.

Trump presses Microsoft to ‘immediately terminate’ Biden administration veteran www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

— @jimrissmiller.bsky.social 2025-09-29T20:23:08.088Z

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-microsoft-lisa-monaco-rcna234517

Donald Trump has complained bitterly about Lisa Monaco for years, but late last week, the president went quite a bit further than he has before. NBC News reported:

Trump said on Truth Social ... that Microsoft should ‘immediately terminate’ its president of global affairs, Lisa Monaco. Monaco previously held a number of top government national security roles, including serving as deputy attorney general for the duration of the Biden administration. Monaco began working for Microsoft in July, according to a LinkedIn post.

As part of a long and rambling online tantrum, the president condemned Monaco as “corrupt” and “deranged,” before complaining that she will have “access to Highly Sensitive Information” in her current role.

Trump added, “Monaco’s having that kind of access is unacceptable, and cannot be allowed to stand. She is a menace to U.S. National Security, especially given the major contracts that Microsoft has with the United States Government. Because of Monaco’s many wrongful acts, the U.S. Government recently stripped her of all Security Clearances, took away all of her access to National Security Intelligence, and banned her from all Federal Properties. It is my opinion that Microsoft should immediately terminate the employment of Lisa Monaco.”.....

What’s more, this an important reflection of the president’s authoritarian vision: He’s not just the president of the United States, he also sees himself as America’s CEO, which he apparently believes affords him great influence over the nation’s private sector.

NBC News’ report noted, “It is highly unusual for a president to call for a company to fire a private citizen from their job.” That’s true — or at least, it used to be true......

Putting aside that Trump tried to smear Monaco without cause, his reference to Microsoft’s government contracts opens a radical and dangerous door: Would the president use his office to steer contracts away from the tech giant unless and until it agreed to fire someone he doesn’t like for political reasons? Given his track record, is such a possibility that hard to believe?